Sentence examples for greatly opposed from inspiring English sources

For his part, General Aoun was greatly opposed to the Ṭāʾif Accord, fearing it would provide a recipe for continued Syrian involvement in Lebanon.

For a long time the British at home were greatly opposed to any system of public instruction for the Indians, just as they were for their own people.

I am greatly opposed to having an Occupy movement in Huntington Beach.

The controversial ordinance was greatly opposed by many Chicago residents as these new measures threaten to rob citizens of their civil liberties, most notably our right to free speech and our right to congregate peacefully.

John Byrom (1692 1763), the owner of Kersal Cell, was greatly opposed to the racing and wrote a pamphlet against it, but the racing continued for fifteen years until, probably through Dr Byrom's influence, they were stopped in 1746, the year of the Jacobite rising.

The bill was greatly opposed and it generated heated debates because it proposed to legislate against the country's social and cultural systems that tolerated violence against women and girls in the context of gender relations and in the domestic sphere [ 22].

This, he says, poses a question: "Shouldn't we consider the rights of women who object to paying taxes that may be used to treat fetuses in inhumane ways?" Sure, and while we're at it, can we please take into account the feelings of millions of Americans who greatly oppose the use of tax dollars to bathe another nation in blood under false pretenses and with no real end in sight?

Sometimes the public greatly opposes the decisions of the Supreme Court; sometimes the Court seems to anticipate public backlash and even to respond to it when it occurs.

Industry was defensive, NGO's greatly opposing industry views, experts requesting more research, and local authorities waiting for a decision.

In the weeks to come, those potential Sinn Féin will be greatly missed by those opposed to the prime minister.

Foreign-debt purchases would have directly opposed inward flows, greatly reducing the potential for domestic credit growth.